Catherine Lacey

Acting

Catherine Lacey

Born
Died
(aged 75)
Birthplace
London, England, UK
Credits
41 titles

Biography

From Wikipedia

Catherine Lacey (6 May 1904 – 23 September 1979) was an English actress of stage and screen.

She made her film debut in 1938 as the secretive nun who wears high heels in the Alfred Hitchcock film The Lady Vanishes, but was credited as Catherine Lacy. She was subsequently cast in major films like I Know Where I'm Going! (1945), The October Man (1947), Whisky Galore! (1949), The Servant (1963) and The Fighting Prince of Donegal (1966), in which she played Queen Elizabeth I. In 1966/67 she played in two notable horror films, as a malevolent fortune-teller in The Mummy's Shroud and as Boris Karloff's insane wife in Michael Reeves' The Sorcerers. For the latter she won a 'Silver Asteroid' award as Best Actress at the Trieste Science Fiction Film Festival in 1968.

Eight years earlier she received the Guild of TV Producers and Directors award as Actress of the Year. Her television debut, in 1938, was in a BBC production of The Duchess of Malfi; her last appearance, in 1973, was in the Play for Today instalment Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont.

Signature work

Known For

Acting credits 41

YearTitleRole
1973 Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont Film Mrs. Arbuthnot
1972 The Intruder TV Miss Hendry (8 ep)
1971 The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes TV Mrs Steinberg (1 ep)
1970 The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes Film Woman in Wheelchair
1970 Wine of India Film Bee
1970 The Six Wives of Henry VIII TV Dowager Duchess of Norfolk (1 ep)
1968 Journey to the Unknown TV Miss Sarah Prinn (1 ep)
1968 All's Well That Ends Well Film Countess of Rousillon
1967 The Sorcerers Film Estelle Monserrat
1967 The Mummy's Shroud Film Haiti
1965 The Wednesday Thriller TV Miss Chafecote (1 ep)
1965 Gideon's Way TV Sarah Fischer (1 ep)
1964 The Wednesday Play TV Frau Mittermayer, Bee (1 ep)
1964 Theatre 625 TV (1 ep)
1963 The Servant Film Lady Agatha Mounset
1963 Festival TV The Rat-Wife (1 ep)
1963 Espionage TV Mother (1 ep)
1963 The Human Jungle TV Mrs. Box (1 ep)
1961 The Shadow of the Cat Film Ella Venable
1961 Drama 61-67 TV Mrs. Mourtzinos (1 ep)
1960 Maigret TV (1 ep)
1960 Crack in the Mirror Film Mother Superior
1958 The Solitary Child Film Mrs. Evans
1958 Rockets Galore Film Mrs Waggett
1958 Innocent Sinners Film Angela Chesney
1958 The Master Builder Film Aline Solness
1957 The Man in the Sky Film Mary's mother
1954 Another Sky Film Selena Prouse
1949 Whisky Galore! Film Mrs. Waggett
1947 When The Bough Breaks Film Almoner
1947 The White Unicorn Film Miss Cater
1947 The October Man Film Miss Selby
1946 Carnival Film Florry Raeburn
1945 Pink String and Sealing Wax Film Miss Porter
1945 I Know Where I'm Going! Film Mrs. Robinson
1945 Famous Scenes from Shakespeare No. 2: Macbeth Act II, Scene 2 and Act V, Scene I Film Gentlewoman
1941 Cottage to Let Film Mrs. Stokes
1940 Castle of Crimes Film Francine Rollard
1939 Poison Pen Film Connie Fateley
1939 Marco Millions Film
1938 The Lady Vanishes Film The Nun
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